Wales hold Austria to a 2 -2 draw
Joe Allen’s third goal in as many games was a stunner of a volley. However after that Marko Arnautovic...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
Iceland beat Finland with controversial last second goal
Iceland’s Ragnar Sigurdsson scored a controversial dying seconds goal to beat Finland 2 -2. Suspicion that he may have...
Italy ride their luck to hold Spain
Spain dominated the first half and Italy were pretty much outplayed.They were just lucky that Spain could not score...
USA to play Cuba again after 69 years
This friday is a bit more special than many other recent fridays. On Friday the 7th of October USA...
Gianni Infantino wants a 48 nation World Cup
Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to take the number of teams taking part in the World Cup from the...
Uruguay top group with 4 – 0 win over Paraguay
Luis Suarez was the main architect as his team emerged decisive winners in the battle of the “guays” when...
Argentina snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat
In other world cup 2018 action from the South American end of the planet Argentina came back from being...
Brazil continue winning spree
Calling two wins in two games a winning spree might be a bit of hyperbole by Brazil are definitely...
Portugal lose against Switzerland
Portugal entered the fray without Cristiano Ronaldo again and this time they lost. Perhaps its because he was not...
Buffon gets chipped
Buffon lies on the ground where he has fallen and thinks grim thoughts. In Italy’s world cup qualifier against...
Road to Russia – World Cup Qualifiers continued
Spain opened World Cup qualification for Russia 2018 with a bang by romping to a 8-0 victory over Liechtenstein....
Adam Lallana, last minute hero connects to sink 10 man Slovakia
Sam Allardyce’s first meaningful match in charge and he barely escaped the blushes. Martin Skrtel last seen in Liverpool...
Weekend World Cup qualifying games
Adam Lallana scored in the 95th minute of the game to give England a 1- 0 win over 10-man...
Tite’s Brazil make a winning start
Brazil made a bright start to their World Cup 2018 qualification by beating Ecuador 3 – 0. Brazil had...
Christian Pulisic scores a brace as the USA cruise past St Vincent 6-0
There were plenty of records either broken or tied as the USA made light of St Vincent in their...
Messi is back from international retirement already
Messi,after a very brief spell of retirement from international football,made a comeback to the national team on popular demand.He...
Buffon passes the baton
Gianluigi Buffon has been goalkeeper for Italy almost since the dawn of time. But now at last another Gianluigi...
Neymar wins it for Brazil
Neymar gave Brazil the lead by scoring with a brilliant free kick in the first half.. Germany equalised in...
Brazil Germany set for Olympic rematch
Brazil get a shot at redemption as they go head to head against Germany in the finals of the...
Germany thrash Portugal and enter semis
Portugal have been bundled out of the Olympics – losing 4:0 to Germany. Germany having beaten Fiji 10-0 and...
Brazil inch closer to Olympic gold
Brazil beat Colombia 2-0 in their men’s football quarterfinal at the Corinthians Arena on Saturday to move to within...
Meet Hope Solo: Ugly American at the Rio Olympics
The world has not had enough of Donald Trump. We have to have Hope Solo in an epic meltdown...
Germany maul Fiji 10 – 0 in Olympic mismatch
Fiji have been hopelessly outplayed by all the teams in their group.Mexico beat them 5 – 1 .South Korea...
Brazil finally score some Olympic goals
The Brazil team finally found their scoring touch which had gone missing for the last two games at the...
Portugal and Argentina at the Olympics
While the endless debate about whether Ronaldo is greater than Messi or vice is greater than versa rages on...
Nigeria beat Japan in 9 goal thriller
Oghenekaro Etebo was the star of the night scoring four goals as Nigeria defeated Japan 5-4. The Nigerian Team...
Rio Football Update
Defending champs Mexico v/s Germany ended in a 2 – 2 draw with Germany coming back from being a...
Olympics Football Schedule
A look at the way the teams are matched up and the schedule Men’s Fixtures.. Women’s Fixtures..
Brazil’s quest for the elusive Olympic gold
Brazil led by Neymar kick off their quest for that long awaited elusive Olympic Gold medal by playing South...
USA without Abby Wambach for the first time in 10 years
The US women’s team- defending world and Olympic champions – begin their Olympic campaign in Mineirao against New Zealand...
Tacticians who changed the game
From left to right-Linus Michels who along with Johan Cruyff and total football led Ajax to three consecutive European...
Messi calls it quits after Copa heartbreak
Messi announced his retirement from international football after Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America finals on penalties...
Nike create brilliant new Euro 2016 ad
Starring C Ronaldo and a body switch. Ronaldo gets an A+ for his acting and Nike have taken this...
Brilliant Euro 2016 artwork
ESPN got French artist Florian Nicolle to create 24 awesome team posters for the 2016 European Championship.Some are posted...
Euro 2016 warmup friendlies
France narrowly beat Cameroon 3-2 with an injury time winner.Dimitri Payet scored a last-gasp wonder free-kick to help the...
Pathetic England edges Turkey: 2-1
England wins – with help from the referee (Debbie Wasserman Shulz)! Seriously though, England has a long way to go if...
BARFTIME: Preview of Official Song of Euro 2016
A 25 second preview of the official Euro 2016 tournament song by French ‘DJ’ David Guetta and featuring Swedish...
Brandi Chastain inducted to National Soccer Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Brandi Chastain for her induction to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Well deserved kudos for her...
Copa America Centenario: Klinsmann announces 40 man roster including Christian Pulisic call up
17 year old rising star Christian Pulisic makes the roster. The name Eric Lichaj will cause some eyebrows to...
Brazil has a 100 days left
Exactly One Hundred days left to countdown to the Rio Olympics in August 2016. That’s how much time Brazil...
US Women’s lawsuit: Existing equal pay clauses not being enforced
A fitting analogy for the camps debating men and women soccer pay parity would be Wall St traders vs...
Mickael Roche scores a crazy own goal
Tahiti goalkeeper Mickael Roche’s previous claim to fame was that he was the goalkeeper when Tahiti were beaten 10...
Soccerblog supports pay parity for the US Women’s soccer team
We fully support the wage discrimination lawsuit filed by US Women soccer players Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo,...
USA U23 crash out to Colombia U23 missing out on 2016 Olympics (agg 2-3)
The U23 did nothing to spoil the narrative US men’s football is stalling. They lost to Colombia in the...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: In crucial win USA knock four unanswered past Guatemala
No love for Klinsmann. Lando must feel some vindication. Jurgen Klinsmann went to his veterans this time to bolster...
Ronaldo Portugal’s all time leading goal scorer
Ronaldo scored his 56th goal for his country as Portugal beat Belgium 2-0 in a friendly. Belgium were without...
Argentina beat Bolivia comforably
Argentina beat Bolivia 2 – 0 to remain comfortably placed in the qualifying table for World Cup 2018. Bolivia...
Paraguay hold Brazil in 6th place
Paraguay held Brazil to a two all draw and thus Brazil remain in 6th place in the standings.Paraguay are...
Holland bring England back to earth
Hodgson had warned that England must not get carried away after their spectacular comeback win in Germany and a...
Spain unable to beat Romania because they had the numbers
Romania held a struggling Spain to a goalless draw in a friendly in preparation for Euro 2016. Vicente del...
England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism
Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Suarez scores comeback equaliser
Suarez made his first competitive start for Uruguay since being handed a nine-match suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio...
England come back to beat Germany
Toni Kroos scored a super goal just before half time and Mario Gomez header made it 2-0 shortly after....